They were the home to CompuServe back in the day. FreeNet Columbus Ohio was an early WWW you could dial up to. UUNET had a big co-lo during the heyday, and ther

They were the home to CompuServe back in the day. FreeNet Columbus Ohio was an early WWW you could dial up to. UUNET had a big co-lo during the heyday, and there was a huge level3 POP. Lucent Technologies had a big old lab off Bethel rd that I took intro to Unix classes when I was 13. And, of course, Batelle. I worked for CallTech awhile when it was a startup and later bought by Teleperformance (remember Suzy Waud commercials??). And also I worked at Manta before the jig was up there. I know about Covermymeds, but I wouldn't call it a tech company either. It's a glorified paper pushing app and I doubt anyone doing anything interesting would want to work there. Cbusr.com was actually pretty cool and one of the last things I remember being interesting in the social space, but hardly revolutionary. TechColumbus is also somewhat of a joke. I know the downtown area has been growing, but I think thats just a function of millennials wanting to live in the short north/arena district and not in the burbs with their parents. I do have a dream that one day I'll return to Columbus, seasoned white hair, and actually start a real tech company...